Definition of "cetacea" []

• Whale-like mammals. (noun)

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• "This made possible later encephalization which reached two pinnacles in primates and particularly, humans and cetacea."
• "Captain Nemo watched the troop of cetacea playing on the waters about a mile from the Nautilus."
• "Antarctic Pole serves as a place of refuge to the cetacea too closely tracked by the hunters."